Gypsy site row linked to Holocaust

Gypsy site row linked to Holocaust

A row over gypsy and traveller sites sparked controversy in the council chamber this week as Conservatives were accused of “swerving close to the racist attitudes which ultimately led to the Holocaust”.

The bombshell accusation made by human rights campaigner Councillor Sarah Bevan – whose Jewish ancestors were persecuted in Nazi concentration camps – risks triggering a wave of official complaints from politicians about each others’ behaviour.

The Conservatives said the money could be better spent on services such as affordable housing and pointed out money was being cut from the road maintenance budget.

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“If the Conservative group en masse, as quoted by its leader in the media last week, believes that those who hold the purse strings should prioritise potholes over people, some of whom may well be members of minority groups such as the Romany, it is swerving perilously close to the kind of low level, insidious racism that ultimately led to the Holocaust.”